Stewart Ginn

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Stewart Ginn
Personal information
Born (1949-06-02) 2 June 1949 (age 74)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Career
Turned professional1971
Former tour(s) European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
PGA Tour of Australasia
Champions Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins19
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Japan Golf Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia9
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour1
Other5 (Regular)
1 (Senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T21: 1976
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australia
Order of Merit winner
1973

Stewart Ginn (born 2 June 1949) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Early life

Ginn was born in Melbourne. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Early in his life "he used to caddy at Royal Melbourne." He then moved on to be a golf manager at the club. [1]

Professional career

In the 1970s and 1980s he won several professional tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia and one on the European Tour, the 1974 Martini International. He also played regularly on the Asia Golf Circuit, winning three tournaments, and on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has one win. He won the inaugural PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit in 1973. In 1979 he won the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Melbourne at 284 (E). He defeated Bob Shearer and Bob Charles by three shots. [1]

As a senior, he played full-time on the U.S.-based Champions Tour from 2000 to 2004. His one official money win at that level came at one of the senior majors, the 2002 Senior Players Championship. [2]

Professional wins (19)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 Jun 1974 Martini International −2 (71-71-71-73=286)1 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Brian Huggett

PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
115 Oct 1995 Golf Digest Tournament −17 (70-69-64-64=267)2 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rick Gibson

Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
113 Mar 1977 Malaysian Open −12 (76-67-63-70=276)1 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi
29 Mar 1986 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2)−8 (70-69-67-70=276)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Jones
329 Mar 1992 Wills Indian Open −4 (68-73-70-73=284)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Meeks

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (9)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
118 Feb 1973 Tasmanian Open −4 (72-67-66-75=280)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Good, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Paul,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Randall Vines
27 Oct 1973 North Coast Open −9 (67-74-68-69=279)5 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Linskey
32 Feb 1975 Tasmanian Open (2)−8 (70-69-66-67=272)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Metherell
49 Feb 1975 Victorian Open −5 (72-76-66-69=283)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Stanley
59 Sep 1979 Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship −13 (68-71-69-67=275)8 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Coombes
611 Nov 1979 Mayne Nickless Australian PGA Championship E (71-72-69-72=284)3 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shearer
710 Feb 1980 Tattersall's Tasmanian Open (3)−8 (68-67-72-73=280)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Jones
82 Feb 1986 Foster's Tasmanian Open (4)−7 (70-71-69-71=281)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson
96 Oct 1991 Rothmans Malaysian Masters −10 (70-70-70-68=278)3 strokes Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Nandasena Perera

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11975 Tasmanian Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Metherell Won with par on first extra hole
21976 Tasmanian Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Good, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Jones,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Stanley
Good won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Ginn and Stanley eliminated by par on first hole
31976 Chrysler Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shearer Lost to birdie on first extra hole
41979 Tooth's Gold Coast – Tweed Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Ferguson Lost to birdie on third extra hole
51979 Garden State Victorian PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Stanley Lost to par on second extra hole
6 1986 Foster's Tasmanian Open Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson Won with birdie on second extra hole

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Dec 1979 New Zealand Open −6 (70-68-71-69=278)3 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Owen

Other Australasian wins (1)

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Senior PGA Tour major championships (1)
Other Senior PGA Tour (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
18 Jun 2002 Ford Senior Players Championship −14 (66-72-70-66=274)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hubert Green, Flag of the United States.svg Mike McCullough,
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
130 Mar 2008 Azores Senior Open −5 (72-71-68=211)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Job

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2006 AIB Irish Seniors Open Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Bruner, Flag of Chile.svg Guillermo Encina,
Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance
Torrance won with eagle on second extra hole
Encina and Ginn eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other senior wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament197419751976197719781979
The Open Championship CUTT21T46CUT
Tournament19801981198219831984198519861987198819891990
The Open Championship T38CUTCUT

Note: Ginn only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Senior PGA Tour major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2002 Ford Senior Players Championship −14 (66-72-70-66=274)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hubert Green, Flag of the United States.svg Mike McCullough,
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe

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